Modal verbs Meaning

Can ability
permission  Complete the sentences with the appropriate modal.
possibility 1) You …………………………. smoke in the hospital.
2) …………….. I borrow your red dress for the party.
3) He is so pale , he …...……………… visit the doctor.
Could ability in the past
4) I ………………………….….. speak four languages.
possibility
5) You …………………...……… respect your parents.
Polite permission 6) They ………………….………… arrive this evening.
7) We……………. meet each other in the bus station.
Must obligation 8) She ……………….... come to the party, she was ill.
Logical conclusion 9) It’s a cloudy day, it ………....................... rain today.
10) Sam isn’t at home, he ……………..be in his office.
11) …………………………you close the door, please?
Must not prohibition
12) This cheese is so salty, you ……….………….eat it.
13) Tina ……………….…buy new toys, she has many .
May possibility 14) I …………….….go on holiday to Malta next week.
Permission 15) She……………….……………..revise her lessons .
Might polite permission
Possibility
Should advice
Ought to logical conclusion  Choose the correct answer.
weak obligation
1) Drivers ................ speak on the phone while driving.
Need not absence of necessity
a) couldn’t b) mustn’t c) need not
Had better advice 2) ................. I ask you some questions about your life?

a) should b) must c) could

Modal verbs + bare infinitive
( infinitive without to ) 3) I ............................ see a dentist , I have a toothache.

a) ought to b) can c) might

Examples:
1) You must keep quiet. 4) Drinking a lot of alcohol .................cause addiction.
2) He should stop smoking.
a) must b) couldn’t c) can
3)May I go with my friends to the cinema ,
Mum? 5) He ................. play with his brother than going out.

a) need not b) may c) had better

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